osteoporosis

From Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”) + Ancient Greek πώρωσις (pṓrōsis, “petrification, callousness”), from Ancient Greek πῶρος (pôros, “tuff, a porous type of rock”). By surface analysis, osteo- +‎ pore +‎ -osis.

• IPA^(key): /ˌɒstiəʊpəˈɹəʊsɪs/

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• Rhymes: -əʊsɪs

osteoporosis (countable and uncountable, plural osteoporoses)

1. (pathology) A disease, occurring especially in women following menopause, in which the bones become extremely porous and are subject to fracture.

• osteoporotic

• IPA^(key): /osteopoˈɾosis/ [os.t̪e.o.poˈɾo.sis]
• Rhymes: -osis
• Syllabification: os‧te‧o‧po‧ro‧sis

osteoporosis f (plural osteoporosis)

1. osteoporosis

• “osteoporosis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024